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Pantheon, Rome

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Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Italy

Best of: Architecture, Roman, Temple, Ancient

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The Pantheon is a former Roman temple, now a church, in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD). The present building was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. He retained Agrippa's original inscription, which has confused its date of construction. [More Details]

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